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Man fatally shot in Francisville identified

Police identified a 19-year-old man who was shot and fatally wounded around the corner from his home in the Francisville section early Friday. Brahkim Poole of the 1700 block of Wylie Street was shot once in the chest in the 800 block of Perkiomen Street around 1 a.m., police said.

Police identified a 19-year-old man who was shot and fatally wounded around the corner from his home in the Francisville section early Friday. Brahkim Poole of the 1700 block of Wylie Street was shot once in the chest in the 800 block of Perkiomen Street around 1 a.m., police said.

Poole pronounced dead at Hahnemann University Hospital at 2:11 a.m., police said. A gun was found at the scene but no arrests were reported. - Robert Moran